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B.2.5 Strengthening the Low Back

Covered in 2.5:

-80% of new students are referred to yoga because of low back pain
-Most of us have weak low back muscles that are also often asymmetrical
-Therapeutic exercises to strengthen the low back:
-Salabhasana variation (opposite arm and leg extend with hands returning to th...

B.2.6 Alignment of the Head and Neck

Covered in 2.6:

-Sitting up straight may feel like leaning slightly back in space and dipping the chin slightly
-By pressing the pec below the collarbone and turning the head, we can feel a fascial shearing of the the scalenes, SCM and pectoralis
-How the bones of the neck are not a “ball-a...

B.3.1 Meet Your Pelvic Bowl

Covered in 3.1:

-3 key bones make up your pelvic bowl:
-Sides: The Ilium
-Location of the ASIS (hip points)
-Location of the iliac crest
-Location of the SI joint (connection to the sacrum)
-Back: The two Ischium bones
-Location of the sits bones (ischial tuberosity)...